I was wondering how many hours everyone has put in or will put in come show time. I started about 2 1/2 months ago, I am around and expect around 275-325. The CFA sample exams are beating the living crap out of me.
6 months ago,1 hour daily = 180 hours + 5 hours target for this last week = 185 hours.
Living dangerously I see…
I’m going to hit around 225. I will feel pretty good about my chances with that number. I’m sure people have passed L2 with <50hrs and failed with >750hrs. Unfortunately with L2, luck plays an incredibly important role with the outcome of your result.
How many hours should you dedicate to daydreaming?
Does surfing AF count as part of your study hours? If so, then around 500 hours of study since level I results came out in Jan.
1000+ Started in February 09 through June 09 and restarted in Sept 09 until now.
250 hours for me.
Started way to late. Done about 1 month of hard core studying. So I’d estimate close to 150+ hours. Had a few days off work, a few days traveling for work, and a few long weekends in there. Getting mind 70s now w/ a high of 83 on schweser b2e1AM. This week will be dedicated to review, no more tests for me.
Started in September, reading through the CFAI texts, not doing any EOC’s. I bought the online CFAI texts so that I could read them at work. Got the Schweser materials in January, including the mp3’s which I have listened to four times. That’s right, all of the mp3’s four times through (and a couple sections five times - I’ve got a long commute). Watched all of the Schweser videos, did all the Schweser end of reading Q’s, did all the CFAI EOC’s, read through the Schweser video slide workbooks. Have gone through Secret Sauce a couple times and the Schweser QuickSheet many times… When I say I did all the CFAI and Schweser questions, some of them I only checked the answers. But as long as I understood the topic, I was satisfied and moved on. So far have done NONE of the CFAI mocks or Schweser practice exams. To be honest, tonight is a break for me, posting on AF. I felt some symptoms of burnout and knew it was time to ease up on the gas pedal.
And oh yeah, forgot to mention. I’ve posted on AF from time to time, but am probably what you would call a lurker. But I’ve had this site as my homepage for ages now, and have gained a wealth of knowledge from you guys. You have filled in so much of what CFAI and Schweser et al end up missing each year. My personal heroes on this board are bpdulog, rus1bus, cpk123, pfcfaataf, idreesz, and dreary. Honorable mentions include the show NY, davidyoung@sitkapacific.com, CFABLACKBELT, job71188, johnnyblazini, Northeastern Student and janakisri. I know I left out some of you guys, but thanks in absentia. Most of what I read on this board has been quite valuable, and in some cases critical for my understanding of the topics. Those who have been putting in the time to post definitely have good karma riding on their saddle come Saturday.
I guess it will be around 250 hours by Friday. Not counting AF time as my study hours though but still this figure is toooo low considering I gave 430 hours for L1.
i’d say easy 400 hours but it seems like they’re all in vain…
I put in over 500 - 600 hours I will feel really stupid if i fail!
a lot. over 500 hours for sure. cfai’s “minimum” 250 number should be doubled, at least, for this crazy thing. PASS!!!
For the past 4 months I have been consistently drunk 5 nights a week, I am a retaker and this time around I have logged 20 hours of study. What are the odds of me doing level 3 next year?
last week. total 40 hours.
Over 300 for me. But the only true quality hours have been in May once I stopped reading and taking notes and started doing questions, making flashcards, taking mock exams, and continuously reviewing my wrong answers and gueses. There is a small part of me that wonders if spending 3+ months reading and making notes makes a real difference. I’ve probably cemented more knowledge in the past week or two than in all the previous weeks and months!
I began on May 2nd. I would estimate about 130-160 hrs. Have done 2500 non-ethics questions in Qbank, 3 practice exams. Reviewed some areas that didn’t click at first. Just finished a Schweser PE in 2 hrs, missed five…oh, how I wish that meant something… Perhaps the 1 month approach has some merit beyond suitability for procrastinators. Not as much retention decay.
hawgdriver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I began on May 2nd. I would estimate about > 130-160 hrs. Have done 2500 non-ethics questions > in Qbank, 3 practice exams. Reviewed some areas > that didn’t click at first. Just finished a > Schweser PE in 2 hrs, missed five…oh, how I wish > that meant something… > > Perhaps the 1 month approach has some merit beyond > suitability for procrastinators. Not as much > retention decay. I started late as well. I have never been that person who was able to study way out in advance for something. It’s accelerated studying at its finest.